16.6% of residents of Miami Lakes speak English at home.
80.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 17% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Foreign born population: 15,568 (49.6%)
(77.3% of them are naturalized citizens)

Percentage of workers working in this county: 88.6%Number of people working at home: 816 (5.3% of all workers)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 17,190 (84%)

Carpooled: 2,190 (11%)

Bus or trolley bus: 102 (0%)

Taxi: 94 (0%)

Bicycle: 29 (0%)

Walked: 147 (1%)

Worked at home: 816 (4%)

First ancestries reported:

American: 536

Italian: 304

Turkish: 169

English: 160

Irish: 111

German: 105

Israeli: 88

Haitian: 65

Brazilian: 56

Dutch West Indian: 54

Finnish: 50

Scotch-Irish: 46

Russian: 41

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 39

Egyptian: 30

Hungarian: 26

Lebanese: 22

French Canadian: 20

Canadian: 18

Czech: 18

Polish: 17

Eastern European: 15

Pennsylvania German: 14

British: 13

Swedish: 13

Iranian: 13

Scottish: 11

Serbian: 11

Portuguese: 10

Norwegian: 8

Ukrainian: 7

Scandinavian: 6

Palestinian: 4

Dutch: 3

Austrian: 2

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

62%Cuba

12%Colombia

4%Dominican Republic

3%Honduras

3%Peru

2%Nicaragua

2%Venezuela

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 11,758

Other state: 2,845

Northeast: 1,557

Midwest: 443

South: 642

West: 201

90% of Miami Lakes residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Florida.